Read article 'Radioactivity: A History of a Mysterious Science'
Radioactivity: A History of a Mysterious Science
Cian O’Luanaigh reviews in 2012 Radioactivity: A History of a Mysterious Science.
Read article 'Radioactivity: A History of a Mysterious Science'
Read article 'Weaving the Universe: Is Modern Cosmology Discovered or Invented?'
Weaving the Universe: Is Modern Cosmology Discovered or Invented?
Aimed at a broad audience, Weaving the Universe provides a thorough but short review of the history and current status of ideas in cosmology.
Read article 'Symmetries and Conservation Laws in Particle Physics: An Introduction to Group Therapy for Particle Physics'
Symmetries and Conservation Laws in Particle Physics: An Introduction to Group Therapy for Particle Physics
The book examines symmetries and conservation laws in quantum mechanics and relates these to groups of transformations.
Read article 'Primordial Cosmology'
Primordial Cosmology
In this book the authors provide a self-consistent and complete treatment of the dynamics of the very early universe, passing through a concise discussion of the Standard Cosmological Model, a precise...
Read article 'The Nucleon–Nucleon Interaction and the Nuclear Many-Body Problem: Selected Papers of Gerald E Brown and T T S Kuo'
The Nucleon–Nucleon Interaction and the Nuclear Many-Body Problem: Selected Papers of Gerald E Brown and T T S Kuo
These selected papers provide a comprehensive overview of some key developments in the understanding of the nucleon–nucleon interaction and nuclear many-body theory.
Read article 'Neutron Physics for Nuclear Reactors: Unpublished Writings by Enrico Fermi'
Neutron Physics for Nuclear Reactors: Unpublished Writings by Enrico Fermi
This unique volume gives an accurate and detailed description of the functioning and operation of basic nuclear reactors, as emerging from previously unpublished papers by Enrico Fermi.
Read article 'Measurements and their Uncertainties: A Practical Guide to Modern Error Analysis'
Measurements and their Uncertainties: A Practical Guide to Modern Error Analysis
This hands-on guide is primarily intended to be used in undergraduate laboratories in the physical sciences and engineering. It assumes no prior knowledge of statistics and introduces the necessary co...
Read article 'Risk – A very short Introduction'
Risk – A very short Introduction
Robert Cailliau reviews in 2012 Risk – A very short Introduction.
Read article 'Dark Energy: Theory and Observations'
Dark Energy: Theory and Observations
Introducing the relevant theoretical ideas, observational methods and results, this textbook is ideally suited to graduate courses on dark energy, as well as supplement advanced cosmology courses.
Read article 'The Infinity Puzzle: How the quest to understand quantum field theory led to extraordinary science, high politics and the world’s most expensive experiment'
The Infinity Puzzle: How the quest to understand quantum field theory led to extraordinary science, high politics and the world’s most expensive experiment
Gordon Fraser reviews in 2012 The Infinity Puzzle: How the quest to understand quantum field theory led to extraordinary science, high politics and the world’s most expensive experiment.
